The accommodation offers up to six berths in two cabins with over 6ft of headroom in the saloon. 

Small double berth forward with opening hatch above to foredeck. U shaped seating in saloon forming port and starboard settee berths with stowage above and below. Drop leaf table. Fold down chart table aft to port. Peninsular galley opposite to starboard, stainless steel sink with hot and cold mixer tap. Refrigerated cool box. Gimballed Plastimo Neptune 2000 two burner hob with grill. Good stowage above and below. Separate heads compartment opposite to port with Jabsco marine toilet and vanity unit with washbasin and H&C mixer tap/pull out shower. Stowage and hanging locker. Aft cabin with double berth, portlight and window to transom. Steps up to self draining cockpit with seating and stowage under. Full interior lighting. Eberspacher warm air, diesel fired cabin heating.

Located abaft the companionway. Yanmar 1GM10 9hp single cylinder diesel engine (406 hours). Electric start. Raw water cooled. Flex mounts. Shaft drive to two blade fixed pitch propeller. Single lever engine control. Maximum speed 6 knots. Cruising speed 5 knots. 

Alternator charging to 2 x 12 volt batteries (new engine starter battery April 2026)

12 volt switch panel

240 volt shore power with outlets

Dolphin 10amp battery charger

Engine Hour meter

BEP 600DCM Battery monitor

12V Socket

Fractional rigged sloop. Z Spars silver anodised aluminium mast and boom. Stainless steel standing rigging (replaced April 2026). Terylene running rigging (some replaced April 2026). Slab reefing to mainsail. Plastimo 406-S headsail furling system. Self tacking jib track. Control lines led aft to cockpit. Lazy jacks and Fast pack mainsail cover.  All lines led aft to cockpit.

Mainsail (Hyde) – good (serviced 2022)

Genoa (Hyde) – good (serviced 2025)

Stainless steel pulpit, pushpit, alloy stanchions and lifelines

Danforth anchor with chain & warp

Stainless steel boarding ladder

Hardwood coach roof handrails

Spray hood

Lewmar 6 coach roof mounted winch

Lewmar 14 self tailing winch

Lewmar rope clutches

Various fenders & warps

Garmin GPS 152

Garmin GPSmap 750 with additional bracket in cockpit

Clipper Duet log

Raymarine i60 wind instrument

NASA Marine SX35 DSC VHF Radio with aerial

Simrad TP20 Autopilot

Navigation lights

Brass clock and barometer

2 x Fire blankets

Horseshoe lifebuoy

Built in 2001 by Hunter Boats UK to a design by David Thomas. White GRP hull and superstructure with moulded-in non-slips to decks and self draining cockpit with cockpit locker to port side. Twin cast iron ballast keels. Self draining anchor locker. Tiller steering with tiller extension to transom hung rudder. Teak coach roof grabrails. Interior joinery of teak faced ply. 

The Hunter Ranger 245 is a compact family sailing cruiser with a surprising amount of accommodation below deck. ‘Two Cats’ is presented in good, clean order, is powered by an economical Yanmar 1GM10 9hp diesel on shaft with only 406 hours and benefits from new standing and running rigging in April 2026.

Sought after bilge keel family cruiser with a shallow draft, ideal for single handed sailing the East Coast rivers and coastal cruising.  Viewing by appointment through Burton Waters Woodbridge Office.

The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.

In this case we are acting as brokers only. Whilst every care has been taken in their preparation, the correctness of these particulars is not guaranteed. The particulars are intended only as a guide and they do not constitute a term of any contract. A prospective buyer is strongly advised to check the particulars and, where appropriate, at their own expense, employ a qualified marine surveyor to carry out a survey and/or to have an engine trial conducted, which, if conducted by us, shall not imply any liability for such an engine on our part. Life-saving appliances do not form part of the inventory and it is for the buyer to ensure they are in date and suitable for their purposes.